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Notes from the sunshine

Some other random pieces of information for today...

Twenty-one of the players with invites to the major league camp had arrived by today: Josh Beckett, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jonathan Papelbon, Jon Lester, Manny Delcarmen, Craig Hansen, Lenny DiNardo, Kason Gabbard, Devern Hansack, David Murphy, David Pauley, Chad Spann, Abe Alvarez, Craig Breslow, Dusty Brown, Travis Hughes, Kyle Jackson, George Kottaras, Edgar Martinez, Javier Lopez, and Mike Burns. That's the crew so far, but expect more to show up tomorrow before pitchers and catchers officially report on Friday -- and the fun really begins.

With the Japanese media clearly already having mostly arrived, the Boston press is slowly trickling in. The Globe (obviously), Herald, Providence Journal, WBZ radio, and Channel 7 were the early arrivals on Monday, with the Hartford Courant and Lawrence Eagle-Tribune making an appearance this morning. The Globe also added a photographer, and the Herald doubled its writing crew, to two. As the players arrive, so too should the media. We're expecting Matsuzaka's opening press conference tomorrow to add additional bodies from up north.

Tomorrow's blog schedule will be a little different. Instead of the early wake ups (yes, this means I get to sleep in past 6 a.m.), access to the players at the minor league complex will begin at 1:30 p.m. Hopefully I'll have a fun anecdote (aren't all my anecdotes fun?) for you to keep your appetite sated in the morning. But, barring that, I'll get back to you in the early afternoon. The big news is that reporters should start to have wireless internet access at the complex, which means your updates could become even more timely -- without having to wait for me to journey back to my hotel room for an internet connection.

So that's the good news and the bad news and, probably, stuff that isn't news at all. This might be it for today, but if anything breaks (or amuses me), we'll get it to you.